Events

Upcoming Events

NEMA 5th Anniversary Fall Foliage Hike

When:

We will meet at 11:00 AM in the parking lot on Sunday, October 25th, 2020 

Where:
Mt. Kearsarge
Winslow State Park
475 Kearsarge Mountain Rd
Wilmot, NH 03287

Directions:
Take Exit 10 from I-89 N and follow Signs to Winslow State Park

You’ll pass the Country Club of NH golf course on your way to Kearsarge Mountain Road and wind up a long hill to the park gate and parking area.

Fellowship every Friday at 9pm EST

  - Always held after our 8pm EST Weapons of Grass Destruction meeting on Fridays! 

Past Events

MA Daily Reflections Writing Workshop

• Saturday, September 26th from 5-6pm EST
  
• Writing group to submit daily reflections for the MA daily reader. The form can be found here
• Meeting details are:

                    Zoom Link

                    Meeting ID: 847 6965 1402

                    Passcode: 824577

NEMA Fundraising Auction

• Friday, March 13th 2020 at 7pm just before the Weapons of Grass Destruction meeting (Right Turn, 440 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA 02472)
• Raise money for 7th Tradition and MA Business Conference 2021

Rainbow Buds Holiday Gratitude Party!

• December 17th, regular meeting time and location, 5:30pm
• Open gratitude meeting, with seltzer and snacks!

New England MA Holiday Party!

• Saturday December 7th starting at 6pm (til ?) [this is a closed event, for MA members only; you are a member if you have a desire to stop using marijuana]
• 9 Elmwood St Apt 3 in Somerville
• Potluck holiday celebration, with meeting too!
• For more information or questions contact info@newenglandma.org

Kind Buds will not be meeting Friday 11-29.

Stomp on the Roaches will not be meeting Thursday 11-28 (Thanksgiving).

Post-Thanksgiving Potless Potluck at Weapons of Grass Destruction (440 Arsenal St, Right Turn, Watertown, MA)

• Please join us at 7pm Friday 11-29 for a potluck/post-Thanksgiving gathering before the meeting!
• Feel free to bring whatever you would like, or bring nothing, the only requirement is a desire to stop using marijuana.
• Please stay for the regular meeting beginning at 8pm!

Feeling lonely during the Holidays?

There are many Alkathons during Christmas and New Years

in the Greater Boston Area!

Share-A-Day(s) 

Join us for a weekend of MA recovery with camping, meetings, workshops, meditation, cooking, hiking, and chilling out-getting to know our East Coast fellowship!

When: September 13-15, 2019

What to Bring?

• Camping gear: tent, pad, sleeping bag, extra blanket and pillow, camping chair/stools, cookware (mug, plates, pots)
• Clothes- Jeans, sweats, hoodies, warm and non-cotton base layers, warm socks, hat, comfy shoes, etc.
• Personal provisions including extra water to keep with you, or your medications- we won’t be super near stores
• Bug spray- it might be cooler, but sometimes it can be warm
• Special food requirements if you might need it
• Recovery literature – optional
• Phone chargers
• Cash to help purchase fire wood
• A service & fellowship mindset- pitch in to help out (take out trash, clean up, recycle, etc.) & offer to carpool if possible.

What else?

• This is a “closed” event, open only to MA
• Pets are allowed, but must be leashed at all times & can’t be unattended, w/ no more than 4 pets per site- latest rabies certificate must be presented at the front gate
• There are showers onsite
• We have a proposed agenda, but everything is optional
• Help us spread the word!
• We really want to get to know our East Coast neighbors!
• No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
• We need lots of service help to bring everyone together!

AGENDA:

Friday, September 13

• Check-in no sooner than 1:00 p.m., arrivals, and setting up camp
• Group dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
• Speaker Meeting at 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.
• S’mores- ends by 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 14

• Group breakfast at 8:00 a.m.
• Workshop 1: “Affirmations – Crafts activity and discussion” or Workshop 2, “Being of Service to MA” at 10:00 a.m.
• Workshop 3: “Higher Power and the “God” Thing” at 11:00 am.
• Group lunch at 12:00 p.m.
• Optional Group Activity- Hiking, Moderate (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
• Guided Meditation at 3:00-4:00 p.m.
• Workshop 3: “Steps 1-3 and the Basics of Recovery” at 4:00 p.m.
• Workshop 4: “Boundaries and Choices- Handling Emotions in Recovery” at 5:00 p.m.
• Group Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
• Topic Discussion Meeting at 8:00-9:00 p.m.
• S’mores- ends by 10:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 15

• Group breakfast – final meeting with meditation & count down

Packing up and checking out by 11:00 a.m.

NEMA Winter Holiday Potluck Gathering / Meeting

(((CLOSED MEETING / GATHERING)))

Saturday December 9th, 2017

5 - 8pm

First Church of Somerville

Parlor Room (upstairs behind sanctuary)

89 College Ave

Somerville MA 02144

Share - a - Day

Saturday November 11th, 2017

1 - 5pm

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

20 Cumming St

New York NY 10034

Take the A train to Dyckman St. (1 block north of Dyckman)

$15 Suggested Donation

Concurrent Topic Workshop/Meetings on Newcomers, Sponsorship, and Meditation

Contact John M with any questions (718) 916-7994

NEMA Fall Foliage Hike

Saturday, October 21, 2017

11:00 AM

Mt. Kearsarge

Winslow State Park

475 Kearsarge Mountain Rd

Wilmot NH 03287

NEMA Campout!

Burlingame Campground

August 18th-20th, 2017

4 campground sites (4-6 people per site)

$20 per person (cost includes site, Friday s’mores, Saturday dinner, snacks, beverages)

No one turned away for a lack of funds

Sunday Women’s SobrieTEA in Somerville, MA

won the Pizza Party delegate fundraiser.

They will be hosting a Pizza Party open to ALL MA members on:

Sunday May 21st at 7pm.

7pm - Eat Pizza

7:30-8:30pm - Meeting

8:30-9pm - More pizza and clean up

We will have a variety of pizza, seltzer, and some homemade iced tea.

Please feel free to bring a non-alcoholic beverage if you'd like.

For that date ONLY the meeting will be open to ALL genders, not just women.

First Church UCC on 89 College Ave, Somerville, MA 02144

in the parlor room, upstairs behind the sanctuary.

Feeling lonely during the Holidays?

There are many Alkathons during Christmas and New Years

in the Greater Boston Area!

Also the Sunday Women’s SobrieTEA in Somerville, MA

WILL be meeting on both Sunday 12/25/16 (Christmas Day)

and Sunday 1/1/17 (New Year's Day). For those two dates

ONLY the meeting will be open to ALL genders, not just women.

You can find that meeting on Sundays @ 7pm

at the First Church UCC on 89 College Ave, Somerville, MA 02144

in the parlor room, upstairs behind the sanctuary.

NEMA Winter Holiday Potluck Gathering / Meeting

(((CLOSED MEETING / GATHERING)))

Saturday December 10th, 2016

5 - 8pm

First Church of Somerville

Parlor Room (upstairs behind sanctuary)

89 College Ave

Somerville MA 02144

Share - a - Day

Saturday November 12th, 2016

1 - 5pm

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

20 Cumming St

New York NY 10034

1 block north of Dyckman

NEMA Fall Foliage Hike

Sunday October 16th, 2016

11am

Mt. Kearsarge

Winslow State Park

475 Kearsarge Mountain Rd

Wilmot NH 03287

NEMA Summertime Sober Potluck

Sunday July 24th, 2016

12 - 4pm

Christian Herter Park

(near community garden)

1175 Soldiers Field Rd

Boston MA 02134